"17 Over You"

Yester-day, I listened to On the Air Tonight and noticed a very small feature in "17 Over You."  In the line "But year after year it's the same situation that's always on my mind," the initial S is maintained in the phrase "same situation," matching this constancy.

"Beyond the Borderline"

I listened to Still Got That Hunger yester-day and noticed two small features in the lines "The heartache and the sacrifice / All worth it just to feel the changing atmosphere / It's very clear" in "Beyond the Borderline."

In the phrase "the changing atmosphere," the note values shift from even quarter notes (for "the changing") to mostly eighth notes (for "atmosphere").  Even musically, then, this "changing" is represented, albeit in a small way.

Rod and Colin both sing the line "It's very clear," and the doubled voices add a sense of degree (for "very").

"Another Day"

Years ago, I noted that in the lines "I don't want to waste my time / Watching ev'ry crime" in "Another Day," "crime" is sung with a melisma (F E D), giving a sense of number (for the modifying "ev'ry").  Last week, I listened to Breathe Out, Breathe In again and noticed that an-other musical element also contributes to this sense of amount:  under that phrase, the bass plays notes of all different pitches, spanning nearly an octave:  E A D.

When I referenced the song again in order to find those pitches, I noticed that in the line "Just a shadow over me," "shadow" really is "over me" in terms of pitch:  "shadow" is sung to the notes F E, and "me" is sung to an A.